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Published by Hatje Cantz 2008 for Schirn Kunsthalle and Fundacion Juan March. Publishers clothed hardcover, no jacket as issued. 423 pages, richly illustrated. Bilingual English German text. Light wear cover edges, mainly lower right corners, else fine and clean copy. First edition. On Grisha Bruskin; Erik Bulatov; Ilya Kabakov; Aleksandr Kosolapov; Boris Michailov; Andrei Monastirsky; Leonid Sokov; Vadim Zakharov among others.

Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1995 (1971). 5th reprint. 8°. Hardcover, mit OU. VIII, 237 Seiten. Name. Einige Anstreichungen mit Bleistift und Kugelschreiber. Auf seinem Denkweg hat sich Martin Heidegger immer wieder mit Schellings Denken auseinandergesetzt. Mehrere Vorlesungen und Seminare sind diesem Thema gewidmet. Im Zentrum stand dabei stets Schellings Abhandlung »Philosophische Untersuchungen über das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit und die damit zusammenhängenden Gegenstände«. Das vorliegende Buch bringt im Hauptteil den Text der Vorlesung von 1936 und ergänzend dazu in einem Anhang ausgewählte Stücke aus der Vorlesung von 1941 und einzelne ausgesuchte Seminarnotizen der folgenden Jahre. Für die zweite Auflage wurde der Text gründlich durchgesehen, Druckfehler wurden korrigiert und Abweichungen gegenüber dem Originalmanuskript berichtigt.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1965. Two vols in publishers red clothed hardcovers with gilt titles. XI, 422, VIII, 248 pp. A bit of edgewear else a clean set, very well preserved, no stamps, notes or markings. First edition (s).

Published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 2007. 8vo hardcover, no jacket as issued. 281 pp. Text in both German and English. Illustrated. Fine clean copy. 1st edition. Texts by Eric Andersen, Andrea Bátorová, György Galántai, Milan Knížák, Vytautas Landsbergis, Pavlína Morganová, Luiza Nader, Maria Anna Potocka, Tamás St. AubyPetra Stegmann & Emmett Williams.

New York: Primary Information, 2006. 4to large paperback as issued. XVII, 313 pages, plus index. Upper spine with superficial wear, and lower right corner (s) a bit dog-eared else very good clean and tight copy. First printing thus. - "Writings and artists' projects from Real Life magazine, a seminal 1980s periodical edited by the artist, writer and curator Thomas Lawson and writer Susan Morgan. Published in 23 intermittent black-and-white issues from 1979-1994, Real Life was devoted to providing an outlet for a circle of artists who did not feel properly represented in the mainstream art world at the time--many of whom are now grouped with the Pictures and Post-Pictures artists. The anthology features both artists and art historians writing on art, media and popular culture--oftentimes infusing a new kind of humor into their cultural critiques--as well as original pictorial contributions. It includes writings by and about Eric Bogosian, Kim Gordon, Dan Graham, Barbara Kruger, Thomas Lawson, Allan McCollum, John Miller, Matt Mullican, Richard Prince, David Robbins, Michael Smith, Ed Ruscha, Jeff Wall and Lawrence Weiner, to name a few, as well as visual projects by Sherrie Levine, James Welling, Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Group Material, among others."

Detroit: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection & Roskilde Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. Tall 4to in publishers stiff wraps as issued. 230 pages. Richly illustrated, partly in color. Text in English. As new copy. First edition. The catalogue includes new, original texts by Eric Andersen, Anna Dezeuze, Letty Eisenhauer, Yoko Ono, and Susanne Rennert, as well essays by Marianne Bech and Jon Hendricks. La Monte Young has written a separate text, to be published in conjunction with the exhibition. The exhibition included work by: Bengt af Klintberg, Eric Andersen, Arman, Ay-O, Joseph Beuys, Michael von Biel, George Brecht, Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage Giuseppe Chiari, Henning Christiansen, Philip Corner, Robin Crozier, Walter de Maria, Willem de Ridder, Marcel Duchamp, Nye Ffarrabas, Robert Filliou, Albert M. Fine, Fluxus Collective, Hi Red Center, Geoff Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Terry Jennings, Yves Klein, Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Addi Køpcke, Takehisa Kosugi, Shigeko Kubota, Györgi Ligeti, Jackson Mac Low, George Maciunas, Yoriaki Matsudaira, Pierre Mercure, Heinz-Klaus Metzger, Yoko Ono, Robin Page, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, James Riddle, Terry Riley, Tomas Schmit, Dieter Schnebel, Paul Sharits, Mieko Shiomi, Daniel Spoerri, Karlheinz Stockhausen, James Tenney, Yasunao Tone, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Robert Watts, Emmett Williams, La Monte Young, George Yuasa and Marian Zazeela.

Koenig Books, London (Artforum Series 3), 2011. Square 4to in softcover, as issued. 168 pages, profusedly illustrated qith German/French/English text. Fine clean copy. Michael Riedel's artists book "Perlstein" continues the series of publications (Oskar, 2003; Tirala, 2006; Meckert, 2009; amongst others), which are published as independent works parallel to his exhibitions. His texts are often generated from unedited transcriptions of recordings that he frames through a set of predetermined circumstances. He labels these works text productions. Perlstein includes a transcript of a talk given by the artist at various venues between 2009 and 2011. His talk provides a broad overview of his publishing activities, beginning with the paper bag he wore during a lecture at the Städelschule, Frankfurt, in 1997 to his most recent catalogue The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Riedel s talk is given as a PowerPoint presentation, which lasts approximately 45 minutes and shows 370 images. The illustrations included in the book are screen shots taken during the PowerPoint presentation at intervals when the slides changed. The choice of the transitions took place automatically and randomly" . Riedel is born 1972 in Rüsselsheim, Germany, Prof. for painting and graphic at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, Germany.

New York: Picture Box and ZieherSmith, 2008. Two small 8vos in hardcover, complete with obi. 128 pages in all. Illustrated in color. Fine set. First edition. - INSCRIBED by Chuck Webster with colored pencils to half title, dated 2011. - "This two-volume set features the psychedelic, expressionistic figuration of Eddie Martinez in one volume and the Thomas Nozkowski-esque abstractions of Chuck Webster in the other. Both Brooklyn-based artists, represented in New York by Zieher-Smith, are enamored with paint--both, in fact, embrace painting's historical baggage, its romantic and spiritual undertones. Martinez combines fearlessly expressive paint handling with a feel for cartoon imagery and personal symbology. Webster, on the other hand, makes Minimal talismanic works that are formally rigorous and impeccably polished. Together they present a friendly argument for the myriad possibilities of contemporary painting. An interview with the artists, who are old friends, and a selection of their collaborative drawings form a bridge between the books. First monographs for both artists, these volumes also include essays by Joao Ribas and Geoffrey Young."

Toulouse, France: Les Abattoirs / Geneva: Galerie Guy Bärtschi, 2001. 4to in original large and heavy hardcover with dustjacket. 111 pages, richly illustrated with finely printed reproductions. French and English text. Sunning to jacket else very good copy. First edition. "Henri Michaux used a loose and spontaneous form of frottage, which he called "apparitions", and saw it as a path to a parallel reality, just as he did with his automatic writing and mescaline. His frottages, made by rubbing a pencil over textured objects, became a source of experimentation for many Surrealist artists. The technique combines drawing, graphic art and sculpture and involves transferring the shape of an object by rubbing a coloring agent over paper lying on its surface."

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1944. 8vo in original green hardcover with protected dustjacket. 203 pages. Clean, attractive well preserved copy. Hardcover, beautiful wartime copy, First Tower Books Edition (stated) with original dustjacket depicting Dick Powell, from the 1944 film.

Borgen, 1976. 128 pp. Hft. Små brugsspor, pænt eksemplar. Første udgave.

Institute for Research in Art, Tampa and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, 2003. (8th Havana Bienal). 4to in wraps as issued, jacket protected. 142 pages, illustrated in colour. Text in English and Spanish. Light wear to spine of jacket (see photo) else fine copy. 1st ed.

London: Kingfisher Books, 1984. Large oversized heavy book in the original decorated cloth in protected dustjacket (hardcover). 267 pages, color illustrated. Text in English. Some foxing to topedge and light wear to jacket (see photo). Overall a clean and very good attractive copy. First edition thus. Christines Picture Book is a beautifully bound scrapbook of 122 leaves, originally dating from 1859 meant as gift and not for publication. On the right-hand pages and some of the left-hand ones, more than 1,000 pictures of widely varying kinds have been pasted in, most of them printed in colour or hand-coloured. In many instances, amusing little hand-written captions or verses have been added. It was compiled by Hans Christian Andersen and his friend, a Danish magistrate named Adolph Drewsen, who is named on the first sheet as being Christine's grandfather. The occasion was her third birthday, 30 October 1859. Christine was the great-grandchild of Jonas Collin, a civil servant who had been of great support to the young Hans Christian Andersen, and to whose family Andersen became closely attached. Its 122 pages contain over 1,000 pasted-in pictures plus a few paper cuts, an art form at which Andersen was adept. The images were collected from all kinds of European publications, and the result offers a unique pictorial snapshot of European culture of the 1850s.

Paris: Eric Losfeld, 1967 (1966). Large4to. Original boards with dustjacket. Unpaginated (around 70 pp.) Illustrated throughout in colour. Dustjacket worn but now protected in professional acid-free jacket. Guy Peelaert (1934-2008), once called the 'Michelangelo of Pop Art' is famous for illustrating the dreams and fantasies of the rock and pop world. He made the cover for The Rolling Stones (It's Only Rock 'n' Roll) and David Bowie's Diamond Dogs album fx., later he also designed film posters for films like Taxi Driver, Short Cuts, Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire. Peelaert is influenced by pop art and psychedelic art of the 1960's, both clearly shown in this early work (his first). The protagonist, Jodelle, is modelled after french singer Sylvie Vartan (Peellart's second comic strip heroine, Pravda, made her debut in 1968 and was modelled after singer Françoise Hardy). Deuxième édition de 1967 (la première est de 1966).

Denmark: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2014. Stort format. Hardcover. 200 pages. Text in English. Illustrated with around 100 reproductions mainly in colour. Near fine clean copy. 1. ed.

Seventeen Magazine, 1954. Large magazine format in original wrappers. 192 pages. Complete magazine. Some edgewear, overall a good to very good copy. A rare original vintage Seventeen Magazin. This issue with a special on Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

New York: The Merchants' Association of New York - Colton, G.W. & C.B. 1897. Tiny 16mo pocket booklet with folded map printed on both sides. 15 x 17 inches (38.1 x 43.2 cm. ). More photos available upon request. A late Colton pocket map that covers Manhattan to 109th Street, with parts of Long Island City, Brooklyn and New Jersey. This marketing map was provided compliments of "The Merchants' Association of New York." The very large inset at right "Plan of the Northern Portion of the City of New York" extends the main map up to Yonkers on a larger scale. The focus of the map is the extensive street transportation systems which are highlighted in red overprinting. Different line styles are used to delineate the Broadway Cable R.R., Surface Railroads, Elevated Railroads, and Steam Railroads. Railway stations are identified. The Brooklyn Bridge is clearly shown as "Suspension Bridge," the East River bridge is "under construction" and there is a "Proposed N.Y. & N.J. Bridge" aligned with West 59th Street. Stretching across Blackwell's Island is another bridge. On the verso is a same sized map "Map of New York City ("Greater New York")." Folds into printed wrappers (3.5 x 5.5"), titled "Guide Map of New York City issued by The Merchants' Association of New York." On the inside and back cover is a long list of hotels with addresses and rates (The Waldorf is $3 per night) and the names of 19 of New York's leading daily newspapers. With several fold splits and a smalltear to right margin (Rikers Island) but overall well preserved and the colors are not faded. A beautiful very decorative map of New York. Scarce.

Paris: Gallimard: 1974. 8vo well preserved in publishers wraps as issued. 268 pp, 2 ff. Suntanning to cover (see photo) else fine. Name of Danish Joyce translator Bent Wiberg in ink to free front endpaper. Inside clean. Overall a very good copy. Nouvelle Traduites de l'Anglais par Jacques Aubert, Préface de Valéry Larbaud. First French edition.

Copenhagen: Forlaget Rhodos, 2007. Large 4° hardcover with fine jacket. 159 pp. Richly illustrated in color. Text in Danish and English. First edition. Fine copy.

New York: Harry N. Abrams 1988. Oversized tall large and heavy folio hardcover, bound in publisher's grey cloth, pictorial dustjacket. 397 pp. 685 illustrations and photographs including 100 plates in full colour. Fine.  'Verve' was issued periodically in France between 1937 and 1960. Each issue of 'Verve' is considered individually with excerpts from every edition. Very large and heavy item and extra shipping will apply. Please inquire before ordering!

The MIT Press / An October Book, 2002 (2001). Large 8vo. Hardcover, w jacket. XXV, 492 pp. Very good clean copy.

London: Blain Southern, 2011. Large heavy 4to grey clothed hardcover with red lettering, no jacket as issued. 224 pages, richly illustrated. Text in English. Some superficial wear to cover, else only light rubbing to front upper corner front (see photo). Overall a fine and clean copy. First edition. Large thorough monograph.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2006. Publishers hardcover, with dustjacket, unclipped and now protected. 306 (1 ) pp. Minor wavyness to last pages. Name (surname) of previous owner in ink to innercover front else clean. Signed in hand to titlepage. First edition, 1st printing.

Suhail Academy Lahore, 2011. Thick hardcover, with jacket. LVII, 890 pp. Some insignificant shelfwear and wear to outer edges else clean and overall a very good copy. Heavy and extra shipping will apply. Islamic Spirituality - Classical, Early & Medieval Works on Islamic Mysticism (Sufism): Ibn al-Farid or Ibn Farid; (1181 – 1234) was an Arab poet. His name is Arabic for "son of the obligator" (the one who divides the inheritance between the inheritors), as his father was well regarded for his work in the legal sphere. He was born in Cairo to parents from Hama in modern Syria, lived for some time in Mecca, and died in Cairo. His poetry is entirely Sufic and he was esteemed as the greatest mystic poet of the Arabs. Some of his poems are said to have been written in ecstasies. The poetry of Shaykh Umar Ibn al-Farid is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Arabic mystical verse, though surprisingly he is not widely known in the West. (Rumi, probably the best known in the West of the great Sufi poets, wrote primarily in Persian, not Arabic.) Ibn al-Farid's two masterpieces are The Wine Ode, a beautiful meditation on the "wine" of divine bliss, and "The Poem of the Sufi Way", a profound exploration of spiritual experience along the Sufi Path and perhaps the longest mystical poem composed in Arabic. Both poems have inspired in-depth spiritual commentaries throughout the centuries, and they are still reverently memorized by Sufis and other devout Muslims today.Publishers note: "His prose and poetry reflect his profound knowledge of the intellectual heritage of mankind. His understanding of traditional symbolism hardly finds a parallel in our times. His being multi-lingual gives him direct access to the repositories of knowledge. His understanding of world spirituality deepens his own spiritual experience. Farid is one of the outstanding masterpieces of Saraiki mystical poetry and belongs to the rich and illustrious tradition of wisdom poetry, or contemplative poetry in the Islamic civilization. It reaches heights of poetic excellence. It has expanded the Kafi genre in both its vertical and horizontal dimensions. It has revealed the essence of poetry which is a passionate openness on to the Transcendent, a passion intimately linked with knowledge participating in Truth, Beauty and Love. Understanding arid is a sequel to Dr. Shahzad Qaiser’s earlier work of translating Khawaja Ghulam Farid whose original text and translations have been kept. The verses of the Diwan, in the current work, have been explained for fostering a plain understanding of the doctrines, without going deep into the technicalities of metaphysics and its realisation, to facilitate an understanding of Khawaja Ghulam Farid’s experience of ‘love and gnosis’ and thereby his attainment of ‘deliverance and union’ within the traditional matrix.".

Yale University Press, 2007. Large oversized and heavy hardcover with dustjacket, now protected. 183 pages, with 58 colour and 7 b/w illustrations. Fine copy. 1st edition. - "A stunning mid-career retrospective of an important and influential contemporary Afro-Cuban artist With a diverse oeuvre ranging from painting to mixed-media installations to performance, video, and photography, María Magdalena Campos-Pons is one of the most significant artists to emerge from post-Revolutionary Cuba. Her evocative works probe questions of race, class, cultural hybridism, and national identities in African diasporic communities. María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Everything Is Separated by Water is the first full-scale survey of the artists career. The title, borrowed from one of her works, evokes at once the dangerous sea crossings faced by her enslaved ancestors from Africa and her Cuban contemporaries seeking greater freedom in America, and the sense of dislocation felt when physical and geopolitical barriers divide family and friends, past and future. Lisa D. Freiman considers how Campos-Pons s practice, which is predicated on concepts of separation, memory, and fragmentation, developed and transformed from her artistic training and early production in Cuba in the 1980s through her move to the United States in 1991 and her subsequent recognition as a major figure in the international art world. Okwui Enwezor interprets Campos-Pons expressive materials--reassembled fragments of lost traditions and symbols, and memories of personal and collective history, religion, and mythology--within the context of post-colonial theory".